Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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Trump Hails Randall Stephenson’s Retirement as CEO of CNN Owner AT&T: ‘Great News!’
“Anyone who lets a garbage ‘network’ do and say the things that CNN does, should leave ASAP,” POTUS tweets Friday
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White House Press Secretary Blames Media for ‘Negative Headlines’ About Trump Suggesting Disinfectant Injections
Trump suggested Thursday that medical experts somehow try to find a way to inject light or disinfectants into the human body as a means to kill the coronavirus
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MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Rails Against Fox News ‘Puppets’ for ‘Endangering Lives’ With Coronavirus Coverage
“Morning Joe” cohost says Fox News hosts and contributors constantly repeat President Trump’s “quack” ideas
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Rep. Maxine Waters Says Her Sister Is Dying of Coronavirus (Video)
She made the revelation ahead of a House vote on coronavirus relief
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Joe Biden Campaign Returns $2,800 Donation From Comedian Louis CK
The comedian was accused of sexual misconduct during the height of the #MeToo movement
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Elizabeth Warren Honors ‘Charming and Funny’ Brother Who Died of Coronavirus
Don Reed, an Air Force veteran, died Tuesday
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Meghan McCain Hints That She’s Voting for Biden: It’s Not ‘Rocket Science’
The “View” co-host appeared on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” Wednesday
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Fox News Contributor Likens CNN to ‘Reality Show’ Because Three Anchors Have Coronavirus (Video)
“You could call this one, ‘Are You Sicker Than a CNN Anchor?’” mocks Raymond Arroyo on Lauran Ingraham’s show
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MSNBC’s Kristen Welker Dodges Falling Equipment On Air: ‘It’s a Little Windy Out Here’ (Video)
The moment happened live Wednesday
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Fox News’ John Roberts Shoots Down Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorists: ‘There Is NO Vaccine’
Roberts was caught on a hot mic Tuesday joking about the virus
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CNN President Jeff Zucker Says Staff Won’t Return to Office in ‘Significant Way’ Until ‘End of Summer’
Zucker sent a memo to all staff Wednesday
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Vice Media Counters Wall Street Journal Report on Potential Layoffs, Says Leaked Doc Wasn’t Vetted
“While all media companies are taking steps to plan for precautionary measures during COVID-19, no decisions at VMG have been made,” Vice spokesperson tells TheWrap
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Ex-Fox News Anchor Gretchen Carlson Retorts After Jeanine Pirro Calls Tucker Carlson ‘Gretchen’ on Air
“I live rent free inside their brains,” the former network star says
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Ocasio-Cortez Hits Back at Tucker Carlson for ‘Racist’ Fox News Segment
“Also can we talk about how racist & classist the presumption is that when people say they are from the Bronx, folks like Tucker equate that with assuming all the worst things about our upbringing?” Congresswoman tweets
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New York Anchor Apologizes On-Air for Mistakenly Saying Coronavirus Patient Died
“I feel horrible. Jack is very much alive,” Bill Ritter said after realizing the error
